Favorite Linux Commands

travisdh1

@johnhooks said:

@quicky2g said:
Really liking glances.

My Ubuntu install:
sudo apt-get install python-pip build-essential python-dev
sudo pip install --upgrade glances
sudo pip install bottle
Optional for hardware sensors:
sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
sudo pip install PySensors
Just running "glances" at cli got me the interface. Web server worked like this:
sudo glances -w -B 10.1.1.1
Worked at http://10.1.1.1:61208

Ran a few simultaneous web server instances in the background for local network and Hamachi:
sudo glances -w -B 10.1.1.1 &
sudo glances -w -B 25.25.25.25 &
Definitely going into rc.local now.

Anyone get https working?
That's really nice. I've never used the web version before, just the cli.

Just shows how little I've actually dug into it beyond running sensor-config first, I didn't realize it had another display available. The command line version works so well, and it made so I wasn't jumping between top, iftop and iotop all the time. I was a happy geek.

quicky2g

@travisdh1 said:

@johnhooks said:
@quicky2g said:
Really liking glances.

My Ubuntu install:
sudo apt-get install python-pip build-essential python-dev
sudo pip install --upgrade glances
sudo pip install bottle
Optional for hardware sensors:
sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
sudo pip install PySensors
Just running "glances" at cli got me the interface. Web server worked like this:
sudo glances -w -B 10.1.1.1
Worked at http://10.1.1.1:61208

Ran a few simultaneous web server instances in the background for local network and Hamachi:
sudo glances -w -B 10.1.1.1 &
sudo glances -w -B 25.25.25.25 &
Definitely going into rc.local now.

Anyone get https working?
That's really nice. I've never used the web version before, just the cli.
Just shows how little I've actually dug into it beyond running sensor-config first, I didn't realize it had another display available. The command line version works so well, and it made so I wasn't jumping between top, iftop and iotop all the time. I was a happy geek.

The mobile version is pretty slick too. Only reason I tried the web version was because of the screenshot on their website:

https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/

scottalanmiller

I like...

du -shx * | sort -n

stacksofplates

So @travisdh1 reminded me of it this morning, but I use watch a lot. I also use pv because no one likes sitting and waiting for dd to finish and not know your progress.

scottalanmiller

Haven't used PV. I do use watch a bit.

Because of this thread I've been conditioning myself to use glances. It really is very useful.

stacksofplates

@scottalanmiller said:

Haven't used PV. I do use watch a bit.

Because of this thread I've been conditioning myself to use glances. It really is very useful.

That's really all I use pv for, I know people use it for other stuff, but that's all I really need it for.

travisdh1

@scottalanmiller said:

Haven't used PV. I do use watch a bit.

Because of this thread I've been conditioning myself to use glances. It really is very useful.

Glad to hear someone else like it!

travisdh1

@johnhooks So, you just use

pv dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=512k

That's actually really handy.

stacksofplates

@travisdh1 said:

@johnhooks So, you just use
pv dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=512k
That's actually really handy.

YOu have to pipe it in, it's a strange syntax

dd if=/dev/zero | pv | dd of=/dev/sda

Also any flags or arguments go before the first pipe.

scottalanmiller

Very odd indeed.

travisdh1

@johnhooks said:

@travisdh1 said:
@johnhooks So, you just use
pv dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=512k
That's actually really handy.
YOu have to pipe it in, it's a strange syntax
dd if=/dev/zero | pv | dd of=/dev/sda
Also any flags or arguments go before the first pipe.

That is a bit odd. Still handy tho.

stacksofplates

Sample output.

0_1453990597889_Screenshot 2016-01-28 at 9.16.16 AM.png

Lakshmana

My favourite linux command is "ls"
"cd"

stacksofplates

@Lakshmana said:

My favourite linux command is "ls"
"cd"

I use those quite a bit also.

travisdh1

@johnhooks said:

@Lakshmana said:

My favourite linux command is "ls"
"cd"

I use those quite a bit also.

I use them all the time, doesn't mean I like them. At least ls is shorter than dir.

stacksofplates

This is also helpful, diff is confusing unless you use some flags.

diff -y -W 70 file file2

It makes viewing changes much easier. Below is a screenshot. The pipe shows there is a difference in the line, and the < or > show that there is a line added or subtracted.

0_1453991681225_Screenshot 2016-01-28 at 9.33.27 AM.png

brianlittlejohn

@travisdh1 said:

@johnhooks said:

@Lakshmana said:

My favourite linux command is "ls"
"cd"

I use those quite a bit also.

I use them all the time, doesn't mean I like them. At least ls is shorter than dir.

I always end up typing dir on my linux machines and ls on my windows machines.... it just frustrates me...

Nic

Back in the day, one of my faves was "rn"

RamblingBiped

@brianlittlejohn Switch to powershell and always use "ls"

travisdh1

This thread deserves more attention than it gets. I was getting annoyed with dd and no status display today (lots of Raspberry Pis to image.) This time I know the exact size of the sd cards being imaged tho, so pv is very helpful.

dd if=/home/comtech/rpi.img | pv -s 16g | dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4k

[root@localhost comtech]# dd if=/home/comtech/rpi.img | pv -s 16g | dd of=/dev/mmcblk0
^[34MiB 0:01:37 [ 249KiB/s] [==>                                                                        ]  2% ETA 1:17:2